Mangrove Ecologies Under Change: Climate Insights & Artistic Methods

Mangrove Ecologies Under Change: Climate Insights & Artistic Methods

  • 19 Mar 2026
  • 01:00pm - 02:00pm
  • FREE
  • First Site Gallery
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This session explores how climate data from mangrove ecosystems—microclimate readings, sea-level observations, coastal change metrics and blue-carbon research—can inform creative and ecological storytelling.

Participants engage with scientific traces of mangrove worlds to understand how shifting climates shape these dynamic coastal habitats and how climate insights can lead to engaging narrative material. 

Through guided discussion and examples, the session highlights ways that climate metrics can be transformed into artistic insight, revealing new perspectives on environmental change, resilience and regenerative futures at the land–water threshold.

This public program is presented by RMIT University as part of the exhibition 'Future Sonic Ecologies" at First Site Gallery.

Sundarbans, 2026, Image courtesy of Pratyay RahaSundarbans, 2026, Image courtesy of Pratyay Raha

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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